From the Processors settings, you can change the number of virtual processors, and the number of cores to assign to each virtual processor for this virtual machine. Or, you can click and drag the slider up and down to increase or decrease the memory for the virtual machine respectively. Now, click on the newly created virtual machine from the library panel to open it. Now, for better performance, select Store virtual disk as a single file and click on Next. I will give the virtual machine a 20GB virtual hard disk. Now, type in the size of the virtual hard disk in GB gigabyte. Select Linux from the Guest operating system section and Ubuntu bit from the Version section. Now, select I will install the operating system later and click on Next.

Now, select Typical recommended and click on Next.

New Virtual Machine Wizard window should be displayed. I will download the Ubuntu You will be asked for a location where you want to save the Ubuntu ISO file. Now, click on the Ubuntu version that you want to download. First visit the official website of Ubuntu from your favorite web browser.

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